Chapter 5. Plastic Projects
Having worked as toymaker, I have a lot of experience using plastic in my projects. In a way, plastic is an overly broad category because bending styrene (as seen in Figure 5-1) offers a vastly different experience from casting resin or heat-bending acrylic. In this chapter, I’ll share some tips on working with styrene, a commonplace plastic sold in sheet form and used in a variety of ways. After that I’ll share two of my plastic-related projects: a chess set cast using Smooth-On, a low-viscosity casting resin, as well as a light-up sign with styrene channel letters.
Figure 5-1. I love using Styrene in my projects ...
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